Chicken frying pan with zucchini

Quick, simple and juicy dish in a hurry! Chicken frying pan with zucchini is cooked very quickly, and it turns out incredibly tasty. The seeds give the whole dish an interesting flavor. Perfect for a quick dinner!
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 58 % 14 g
Fats 29 % 7 g
Carbohydrates 13 % 3 g
124 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 45 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make a chicken pan with zucchini? Very simple and fast! First, prepare the necessary ingredients according to the list. You can take zucchini of any variety. I have a young zucchini. You can use any vegetable oil suitable for frying. I have sunflower oil. The vegetable part and spices can be replaced or supplemented to your liking.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Wash the chicken fillet, dry it and cut into medium cubes. Fillets can be replaced with meat from the hips.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Wash and dry the squash. Cut the squash into thin quarters. The slicing should be such that on the one hand the zucchini does not boil when stewing and it is convenient to eat them. Which zucchini will work best? Choose young fruits with tender skins. Wash them and peel them. It is not necessary to cut off a very thin skin. If you use more mature zucchini, cut off the rough peel and cut out the middle with the seeds.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Lay out the chicken fillet, sprinkle the meat with salt and pepper. Fry, stirring, until a light golden crust appears for about 10 minutes.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Add zucchini to the chicken in the pan. Fry, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. During this time, the squash should not lose its shape and boil.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Sprinkle the meat with zucchini with sunflower seeds. Seeds can be added previously fried or raw. I added fried seeds. Fry everything together for 2-3 minutes.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Sprinkle the finished chicken with zucchini with fresh parsley and serve to the table. Bon appetit!

Any oils are useful only until a certain temperature is reached - the point of smoking, at which the oil begins to burn and toxic substances, including carcinogens, are formed in it. How to determine the roasting temperature and choose the best oil for frying, and which is better not to use at all, read here .

Chicken can be replaced with turkey, pork or beef. But keep in mind that in this case, the calorie content and cooking time will change.

Important! An incorrectly selected frying pan can ruin even the best recipe. All the details on how to choose the perfect frying pan for different dishes read here .

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Zucchini - 23   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Parsley greens - 45   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Dried whole safflower seed kernels - 615   kcal/100g
  • Sunflower seeds - 560   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Chicken breast (fillet) - 113   kcal/100g

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